Mother
Gorky, Maxim / Marsh, J. T.
A classic novel from a founding author of the socialist realism movement, Maxim Gorky's Mother follows the story of a family in pre-revolutionary Russia. The titular Mother, Pelageya Nilovna Vlasova, lives with and raises her son, Pavel Vlasov. When her husband dies unexpectedly, her son begins to follow the path of the revolutionary, associating himself with other revolutionaries and bringing revolutionary literature home. Although initially ...